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A proposed $3.5-billion ski resort in Squamish has been given the initial go-ahead by the province. The Garibaldi at Squamish project has been granted environment assessment approval, it was announced Friday afternoon — the first of many approvals being sought by developers. The decision comes following a review led by the B.C. Environmental Assessment Office.

Everybody knows about Barkerville, the historic restored Gold Rush village way up in the northern Cariboo, but you don't need to travel that far north to get a taste for what life was like back in the 1850s.

We were flying up the Fraser Canyon in a small plane just north of the two-car Big Bar reaction ferry, way west of the tiny cowboy town of Clinton in the south Cariboo, when we finally found it. The image appeared exactly the same as the photograph I'd been sent by esteemed Cariboo photographer Chris Harris.

Every golfer knows about hazards. Bunkers, deep rough, lakes and creeks. You can’t play golf unless you have access to finding and hitting your golf ball, and if there are too many hazards it’s no fun to play.

The man stands balanced precariously on a rock as the waters of the mighty Fraser River rush by. Holding his 12-foot pole, he watches attentively. Suddenly, with a flick of his wrists, he nets a silver shadow.

With gold at $1,600 an ounce and rising — and the global economy in an unending recession with British Columbia celebrating the 150th anniversary of the Cariboo Gold Rush — the time seems right for a road trip to find some of that precious yellow metal.

A paraglider died during the Canadian Paragliding Championship near Pemberton on Monday. According to the B.C. Coroners Service, John Clifford, 55, of Seattle, accidently landed in the Lillooet River during poor weather.

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